Metal barrel.



Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

GEORGE G. FRYER. OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORIL METAL BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9,1913.

Application filed January 3, 1912. Serial No. (569,248.

To all whom, it may concern:

.Be it known that 1, Gannon G. Fnrnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse. in the county of Onondaga and State of Xew York.hare invented certain new and useful linprovenn-nts in Metal Barrels,oi. which the following is a specificainptied.

The object of my invention is to provide a sheet metal barrel which.while being as conrcnie a nd suitable for the 1 uses to which suchbarrels are generally applied as those heretot'orc made. shall be freefrom the above stated detects. To this end I. in the first instance,

wake the barrel body in two parts, each of which preferably forms onehalf of the barrel. which are joined together on its centralcircumference to make the completed barrel body. lly reason of thismanner of construction the two halves of the barrel may be spun out sothat the completed barrel' shall be of a bilged shape instead of beingin the form of a cylindrical drum as heretofore. T also provide meansfor securing the two parts of the barrel body together to make acomplete container and such means may, as in the preferred formhereina't'ter described. present a narrow bearing surface upon which thebarrel may be easily turned when rolled from place to place eventl'iough it be made in the form of a cylinder.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings illustrating an embodiment thereof. Figure l or which shows anelevation of a barrel body with its two parts joined together by aconnecting band. which is shown as partly broken away. Fig. 2 shows asection of a part of the shell of the barrel and the conn cting band onthe line Q-2 Fig; 1; Fig. 3 shows a portion of the two halves of thebarrel bod with the connecting band ready to he put. in place: Fig. 4 isa plan view of a portion of the barrel body on its centralcircumference, showing the two halves joined together; Fig. 5-is anelevation showing a portion of a circumferential band with connectinglun's tl'iereon; Figs. 6 and 7 show correspondin; parts of the twohalves of the barrel ho 5 with lugs thereon adapted to engage withcorresponding lugs on the circumferential band; Fig. 8 is an elevationof parts of the. two halves of the barrel showing in detail a modfiedmeans of attaching lugs thereto.

Refe ring to the drawings. A. A, indicate the two halves of a barrelbody. Each of these is provided with a head, B, forming the usual barrelheads. and is of such size and shape that when the open ends of the twoparts are placed together they will form complete barrel body with acentral circumferential division. The parts. A, A are made of sheetmetal and are preferably spun out in the process of manufacturing. orotherwise treated in a manner that will be well understood by thoseskilled in the art, so that they are larger at their open than at theirclosed ends, and thus the barrel body formed by putting them together isof bilged shape. i. 6., larger on its central circumference than at itsends.

Each of the parts. A. A. is provided along its edge with a series oflugs or projections. a. a, so shaped that when they are .put together inpairs as shown in Figs. 1

and 3, they form a series of wedge shaped lugs or projections around thecentral circumference of the barrel. I

C. indicates a metal band arranged to surround the barrel on its centralcircumference and provided interiorly with projecting lugs c. 0.arranged in pairs. The lugs, c, c, of each pair are so spaced apart asto provide between them a space into which a pair of the lugs. a. a. onthe barrel body may be driven and closely fitted.

In assembling the two parts, A, A, to form a barrel body their open endsare placed together edge to edge. so that the lugs a. o. are assembledin pairs. The band is then put in place around t-he'centcr of thebarrel. the space between each pair of lugs. c. c. being: opposite acorresponding pair 0 the lugs. a. a. and the band C is then turned sothat the lugs. a. 11 enter and are closely held between the lugs. o, o.In this mannor the two halves of the barrel are closely drawn and lockedtogether. and thus held from separation. The accidental turning of theband, C, in the opposite direction with consequent separation of theparts, A, A,

may be prevented by the'insertion of any suitable wedge as a piece ofstrap iron, 1), inside the band, C, and between the interlocked lugs onthe band and the barrel. VVhenthe barrel is emptied the parts, A, A,

may be separated by turning the band, C,

band also provides anarrow bearing upon which the barrel can easily beturned in rolling it from place to place.

In Fig. 8, which shows a part-of each half of the barrel at its centralcircumference, 1 have illustrated a modified and preferred means ofattaching the lugs a, a, to the barrel. In this case the lugs, a, a, areattached to rolled steelbands, A A, which are attached to the two halvesof the barrel, as by riveting, adjacent the central circumferentialseam. These bands can be rolled out in lengths and then cut and Weldedtogether to form the bands and the lugs can be struck up in the processof rolling or spot welded to the bands as may be desired.

It will be understood that the means for securing the parts of thebarrel together may be largely modified in ways that will readily occurto those skilled the art, with out departing from the spirit of myinvention which is not limited to the exact form of locking deviceillustrated in the drawings.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent i5:

1. The combination with a metal barrel, formed in separated halves, of aband secured to each half adjacent the central circumterence of thebarrel, lugs on said bands arranged to be joined in pairs when thebarrel sections are together and a circumferential band provided withseparated lugs between; which thesaid first mentioned lugs sections aseries oilugs secured to the two sections of the barrel adJacent theirjoining edges and arranged to be oined in pairs to form wedge-shapedmembers when the barrel sections are together and a circumferential bandrotatablenpon the barrel and provided with separated lugs between whichth first mentioned pairs of lugs are adapted to be engaged by therotation of the band.

3. in a metal barrel made in separable sections, the combination of aseries of lugs secured to the two sections of the barrel adacent their]O1111ng edges and arranged 'to be joined in pairs when the barrelsections are together, a circumferential band prorided with separatedlugs between which the first mentioned pairs of lugs are adapted. to beengaged by a rotary movement ofthe band and means-for preventing therotation of the bandonthe barrel when the sections thereof are engaged.

4. In a metal barrel composed of separable sections the combination of acircumferential band adapted to surround the exterior arranged to engagein said slots when the' barrel sections are together.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 26th dayof December A. 33., 1911. I

' enonen o. Ferns.

lVitnesses FRED Pi. HER'rzoG, JOHN THUnwAcH'rER.

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. Washington, D. G.

